{"id":2446,"date":"2010-07-14T06:02:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T13:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2010-07-14T06:02:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T13:02:24","slug":"five-western-liberal-and-sophisticated-things-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2010\/personal\/five-western-liberal-and-sophisticated-things-i-do.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Five "Western", "Liberal" and "Sophisticated" things I do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few days, I’ve had the chance to hear a whole new range of adjectives to describe those like me, who believe in tolerance, respect for others and non generalization. Adjectives like “Sophisticated Intellectual”, “Cocktail sipping Intellectual”, “Westernized”, “Armchair Intellectual”<\/em> – and my favorite – “Urban Elite.”<\/em><\/p>\n

So I’m going to wallow in this newfound identity and list five things I do that make me fit it. Since my admirers haven’t spelled out exactly what these adjectives mean, this list is a bit subjective. But most lists are subjective including IHM’s “Sins against gender stereotypes!”<\/a>. So here we go.<\/p>\n

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  1. I speak English far better than any other language. Hindi comes second.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. I play the piano and have two in my house<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. I don’t travel to work and sit in my chair as a cool freelancer :)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. I’m an Atheist
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  5. I don’t have a local identity. I’m “Indian”. Not Punjabi, Keralite etc…
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    Oh and yeah, I sit and think – a lot. In my armchair no less. But I don’t<\/em> drink cocktails (I resent that!) I’m also very proud of my country<\/a>. But let’s ignore that for the moment. I’m supposed to be “Westernized” after all :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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